Name

Description

ID

The virtual machine ID.

VM_name

The virtual machine name.

--device-add

Adds a new virtual network adapter to the virtual machine.

--device-set

Modifies an existing virtual network adapter.

net N

The name of the virtual network adapter to modify. To obtain the list of the available adapters, use the pctl list command with the --info option.

--type routed

Sets the networking mode for the virtual network adapter to "routed". In this mode, the network adapter is communicating with the outside world through an internal virtual network adapter.

--network network_id

Sets the networking mode for the virtual network adapter to "virtual_network". In this mode the adapter is connected to a virtual network specified by network_id .

--mac addr| auto

Specifies the MAC address to assign to an existing network adapter. Specify a desired MAC address using the addr parameter value or use the auto option to generate the existing address automatically

--ipadd addr[/ mask ]

Adds an IP address and a mask (optional) to the network adapter.

--ipdell addr[/mask]

Deletes an IP address from the network adapter.

--dhcp yes|no

Specifies whether the virtual network adapter should obtain the IPv4 settings through a DHCP server.

--dhcp6 yes|no

Specifies whether the virtual network adapter should obtain the IPv6 settings through a DHCP server .

--gw gw

The default gateway to be used by the virtual machine.

--gw6 gw

The default IPv6 gateway to be used by the virtual machine.

--nameserver addr

The default DNS server address to be used by the virtual machine.

--searchdomain addr

The default search domain to be used by the virtual machine.

--configure yes|no

If set to "yes", the settings above are applied to the virtual network adapter instead of its original settings. Configuring any of the settings above automatically sets this option to "yes".

ipfilter yes|no

Determines if the specified network adapter is configured to filter network packages by IP address. If set to "yes", the adapter is allowed to send packages only from IPs in the network adapter IP addresses list.

macfilter yes|no

Determines if the specified network adapter is configured to filter network packages by MAC address. If set to "yes", the adapter is allowed to send packages only from its own MAC address.

preventpromisc yes|no

Determines if the specified network adapter should reject packages not addressed to its virtual machine. If set to "yes", the adapter will drop such packages.

enable|disable

Enables or disable the network adapter. If omitted during the adapter creation, the adapter will be enabled.

connect|disconnect

Connects or disconnects the network adapter. When disconnected, the adapter is not removed from the virtual machine.